Seoul Mates: Kiddos!

So we are now two months into the new school year and we have been busy having lots of fun with our kids! My class started in March as 4 year olds who didn't speak ANY English. Now, they can go all day long without speaking ANY Korean. Its pretty amazing to see how quickly they learn.

My class is great! I got lucky and got a really good class this year! And, I guess, they are pretty darn cute too! Jeff is really liking his class and is having a hard time keeping them quiet!

Now that graduation and performance are over, we have had lots of time to have some fun with our classes. We have had a chance to go on a few field trips and hold monthly cooking classes.

We took a trip to the fire station. We thought it would be like going to a fire station back home, climbing on the trucks and watching the firemen use the fire extinguisher. This was not the case! It was actually really fun and interactive. The kids got to shoot fire extinguishers at a virtual fire and try to put it out. They also were able to climb through a small obstacle course that was supposed to be like going through a house filled with smoke. Then, they got to experience an earthquake. They all had a lot of fun, and we did too!

Clara's cute bunny ears!

Getting ready to put out a fire! Notice the photographer in the left corner. There are two of them that go EVERYWHERE with us and they take all the fun out of all activities. The kids got them good with the fire extinguishers, though!

Experiencing the earthquake. It was really hard to keep your balance during this, and the kids had to complete several tasks during the quake.

We took another field trip to a park called the Dream Forest, which was hardly a forest at all. The kids got to look at some Venetian glass, play on a playground and feed some deer.

Trying to be polite and listen to this lady talk about glass. (Yawn)

Nemo class!

Elmo class!

Joe and Kevin (Elmo)

Jenny (who recently changed her name to Ariel) Nemo class

Clara (Nemo)

Frank teacher had some fun too!

Sally (Elmo)

Eva (Nemo)

Lunch! No PB&J sandwiches here! Kimbap and fruit for lunch.

They were exhausted! Cutest thing EVER!

We also took a field trip to a farm to plant lettuce. It was really like they took us to a dump, and the kids got to pose pretending to plant lettuce so the photographers could take pictures of them. It was not a good field trip!